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Denise Dougherty, MA, CCC-SLP
Denise owns and operates a private practice in Indiana, PA, where she conducts therapy with both children and adults. She is a legal consultant/expert witness in wrongful death/negligence lawsuits involving dysphagia. Denise is a co-editor of Private Practice Essentials: A Practical Guide for Speech-Language Pathologists, published by ASHA Press. She has presented workshops and written numerous articles appearing in the ASHA Leader on the topic of private practice. Denise served as a consultant for The Arijah Children’s Foundation in Anguilla, BWI, providing evaluations and therapy programs for special needs children. Ms. Dougherty was an adjunct faculty member at York College of Pennsylvania and Wesley College in Dover, Delaware. She is a past President of the American Academy of Private Practice in Speech Pathology and Audiology (AAPPSPA), and received the Academy’s 2007 Honor Award and 2014 Award of Excellence for her achievements. Ms. Dougherty is a member of the Technical Experts Panel for Quality of Insights of Pennsylvania, working on initiating quality measures for CMS to improve effectiveness, efficiency, economy and quality of services delivered to Medicare beneficiaries. She received her bachelor’s degree in communication disorders from Marywood University in Scranton, Pennsylvania; a master’s degree in communication disorders from St. Louis University. Ms. Dougherty is certified in VitalStim® therapy and is a VitalStim® instructor, has completed additional training in orofacial myology, is a member of the American Speech, Language and Hearing Association and has received numerous ASHA ACE Awards. For more information, please visit www.dldspeechpath.com.
Financial Disclosure Denise receives honoraria from CIAO for the presentation of her live courses and royalties for the sale of her online courses. Denise is in private practice and receives legal consultant/expert witness fees
Non-Financial Disclosure: There are no non-financial relationships to disclose.
The assignment of AOTA CEUs does not imply endorsement of specific course content, products, or clinical procedures by AOTA.
Intermediate Level
0.2 ASHA CEUs
CIAO is recognized on the NBCOT Provider Registry (meets PDU requirements for NBCOT)
CIAO is accredited by the International Association for Continuing Education and Training (IACET). CIAO complies with the ANSI/IACET Standard, which is recognized internationally as a standard of excellence in instructional practices. As a result of this accreditation, CIAO is accredited to issue the IACET CEU.
"Thank you for sharing your knowledge."
- Hereford, TX / Oct 2022
"Wonderful overview of assessments. Thank you!"
- Dulles, VA / Mar 2021
"Really like this instructor's style and expertise."
- Fremont, CA / Sep 2020
"great course"
- Greenlawn, NY / Apr 2020
"I did not know what to expect from this course. I honestly enjoyed it and am walking away with new learned knowledge, which I love! Great reference to also revisit from time to time. Presented was concise and the examination made me go back and look through my notes, but the test helped reinforce knowledge, not intended to cause frustration or to be tricky. Great course! Thank you! "
- Parrish, FL / Dec 2019
"Very Good"
- Shreveport, LA / Dec 2019
"Thank you "
- Jackson , NJ / Oct 2019
"Great course presentation; presenter is very knowledgeable and makes information interesting, flow easily. Suggestion: Current information presented included lots of workable, experienced and professional choices that SLPS can use in their practice, however, was almost overwhelmed with the amount of information presented in allotted time. "
- Montgomery City, MO / Dec 2018
"Good course. Very knowledgeable. "
- Omaha, NE / Nov 2018
"The instructor seemed very knowledgeable in the area of dysphagia assessment. "
- Richland, MS / Dec 2017
"very good information. Strongly agree that this course provided what it stated it would. Very highly capable instruction."
- Cantonment, FL / Dec 2017
"Great course. I can tell the speaker had a great deal of clinical experience in this area and a strong command of the current literature and resources."
- Littleton, CO / Jul 2017
"Thank-you for an very interesting and informative presentation."
- Fairview Heights, IL / Jan 2017
"Great program to refresh what I learned in grad school five years ago, but have not used recently!"
- Lakewood, OH / Sep 2015
